The Portland daily press., 1887-05-30
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A New Bar Harbor Investment Com

A New Bar Harbor Investment Com
pany.
ELLSWORTH, May 28.-During the past
week the Bar Harbor and DIt. Desert Island
Land and Investment Company was organ
lied at Ellsworth with A. P. Wiswell of Els
worth, President; II. B. Saunders of Ellis
worth. Treasurer; A. P. Wiswell. A. l.
Saunders of Ellsworth, Geo. M. Warren of
Castine, Governor Robie of Gorham, and
G. l.. McClecry of Portland, Directors. The
company has acquired tract of $50 acres of
land at what is known as High Head on Mt.
Desert Island, which they propose to improve
before placing it upon the market. The land
has an elevation of 20S feet and is said to
afford views unsurpassed by any place on
the whole island. The company will also do
a general business at Bar Harbor and else
where on Mt. Desert Island. Mr.. Wiswell
has been National Bank Examiner for a
number of years. Mr.. III. B. Saunders is
Register of Deeds for Hancock county Mr..
Warren is member of Governor Bodwelrs
Council, and Mr.. A. l. Saunders is the pro-
prietor of the American House at Ellsworth
and the Hotel Des Isle at Bar Harbor. The
other members of the company are well
known In Iortlanu.
Death of an Old Merchant.
BANGOR, May GA special to the Whig
says George w. Sawyer, the oldest merchant
and one of the most highly esteemed citizens
of Dover, died at that place this morning
a Body Recovered.
The body of man was taken from the
river at Hampden this afternoon. Coroner
Whitney of this city was notified, and went
down and recognized the remains as those of
William Lycide of New York, fireman of
the steamer Mount Waldo, who fell off the
wharf here the evening of the 10Th. The
body was takan in chargeEby the authorities
of Hampden.
Poisoned.
Joseph Parady,la Frenchman, employed at
the tannery of II. Poor & Son, Winn. died
Saturday of poison. Three days before he
scratched a small pimple on his neck ard the
poison was transmitted to his system from
poisonous hides he was at work upon. Sev-
eral deaths have occurred in up river tan
neries from the same cause.
A $1,000 Blaze at PlttsfieId.
A large building in Pittsfeld, owned by
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by Stevens g. Whitehouse, grocery and mar
ket, and Charles & Frank Dyer, grain and
feed, with five families in the upper stories,
was burned with the entire contents early
Sunday morning, the occupants escaping in
their night clothes. One old lady was Sc
verely, If not fatally, injured by falling down
stairs. Her name was not learned. The
families were the two Maxwell brothers,
Runnels Shaddock, and one not known.
The loss on the building is $4,000. The other
losses and insurance are unknown.
Locke out at Bangor.
BANGOR, May 2S.-The largeit foundry
east Of Boston, that of Wood, Bishop & Co.
of Bangor, is locked and seventy men are
thrown out Of employment. This concern
run from five to seven tons of iron daily, and
have always given steady work and large
wages. Some of the men were dissatisfied,
SO they say, with the quality of the iron, and
fifteen remained away one day, giving no
satisfactory reason. The next morning the
firm locked out all, but declared their inten-
tion to take care of those who did not go out
A Liberal Lewiston Firm.
LEWISTON, May 2S.-This morning the
men in Dingley, Strout & Co.'s shoe factory
were summoned to the lower floor. When
assembled the senior member of the firm
complimented them for their faithfulness
efficiency and skill, and announced that they
would pay each man per cent. dividend
upon his earnings the next year. This divi-
dend is to be added to the payment the last
week of each month
Eiva Raoc and MroCk
RocKLAND, May 2S.-Rockland's incen-
diary has again resumed operations. Within
week four incendiary fires have occurred
All efforts to detect the criminal have failed
The schooner Daylight of New Haven,
from New York for Belfast with 1000 tons
Of coal. went ashore on Three Kegs, outside
Georges Islands, in thick fog last night
Death of a Wiscasset Man.
WIsCAssET, May 28.-F. Parker Erskine
wealthy and influential citizen of Wiscas-
set was stricken with apoplexy at 10 o'clock
today and died at noon.
Fire in otisfield.
NORWAY, May 2S.-Edwin Lambs dwell
ing in Otisfeld was burned Thursday. with
contents. The cause is unknown. Loss
81 500; insurance 500.
Drowning Accident at Lewiston,
LEWISTON, May 29.-Patrick McNalley.
six years old, was drowned in the river this
afternoon while playing on the logs.